nótt
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse nǫ́tt, nótt, nátt, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Cognate with Latin nox.
Pronunciation
Noun
nótt f (genitive singular nætur, nominative plural nætur)
- night
- Ég vakti fram á nótt
- I woke up at night.
Declension
declension of nótt
The original stem is nátt- (<*naht-), preserved in the genitive plural (although the forms nótta, nóttanna now also exist) and in all stem compounds (e.g. nátthrafn). The -ó- comes from earlier -ǫ́-, created by u-mutation of -á-, a vowel change that is no longer productive.
Synonyms
- (night): njóla (poetic)
Antonyms
- (night): dagur
Derived terms
- ekki er öll nótt úti, ekki er öll nótt úti enn, öll nótt er úti
- nátthrafn
- einnar nætur gaman
- ekki er öll nótt úti enn
- fram á nótt
- vaka fram á nótt
- í fyrrinótt
- í nótt
- á nóttunni, á næturnar
- um nótt
- að nóttu til
- heimskautanótt
- heimskautsnótt
- aðfaranótt
- vetrarnótt
Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology
merging of nasalized ǫ́ and ó
Pronunciation
Noun
nótt f (genitive nætr, plural nætr)
- later form of nǫ́tt (“night”)
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